Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
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4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference <strong>Field</strong> Tour Guidebook<br />
Table of Contents<br />
Welcome to <strong>Nebraska</strong> ........................................................................................................................ 3<br />
Agenda of the 2012USS Soil Classification Conference .............................................................................. 6<br />
2012 IUSS <strong>Field</strong> <strong>Trip</strong> Eastern NE and Western IA ...................................................................................... 12<br />
Major Land Resource Area (MLRA)............................................................................................................ 19<br />
Land Resource Region M—Central Feed Grains and Livestock Region .............................................. 19<br />
106—<strong>Nebraska</strong> and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills ................................................................................ 20<br />
107B—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills ...................................................................................... 23<br />
Wednesday <strong>Field</strong> <strong>Trip</strong> (June 13, 2012) .............................................................................................. 27<br />
Stop 1 - Site 1a - Paleosol Site and Aksarben Soil ...................................................................... 27<br />
Stratigraphic, Pedologic, and Paleo-Topographic Relationships .................................................... 28<br />
Aksarben Series ........................................................................................................................ 33<br />
Pedon Description ..................................................................................................................... 34<br />
Classifications and Comparison of Diagnostics between Soil Taxonomy<br />
and World Reference Base (WRB) ................................................................................................ 38<br />
Primary Characterization Data............................................................................................................ 41<br />
Web Soil Survey Soil Map – Paleosol Site .......................................................................................... 49<br />
Aksarben Official Series Description ................................................................................................... 51<br />
IUSS Soil Classification Conference <strong>Field</strong> Tour (Thursday, June 14, 2012) ........................................... 56<br />
Stop 2 - Hitchcock Nature Center ............................................................................................... 57<br />
Overview of the Loess Hills ........................................................................................................ 59<br />
Principle loess soils of MLRA 107B .............................................................................................. 60<br />
Soil and Landscape Development of the <strong>Soils</strong><br />
of the Missouri River Floodplain ............................................................................................ 64<br />
Site 2a – Onawa Series ....................................................................................................................... 72<br />
Pedon Description ............................................................................................................................... 73<br />
Classifications and Comparison of Diagnostics between Soil Taxonomy<br />
and World Reference Base (WRB) ................................................................................................ 76<br />
Primary Characterization Data ............................................................................................................ 78<br />
Onawa Official Series Description ....................................................................................................... 82<br />
Site 2B – Monona Series............................................................................................................ 85<br />
Pedon Description ............................................................................................................................... 86<br />
Classifications and Comparison of Diagnostics between Soil Taxonomy<br />
and World Reference Base (WRB) ................................................................................................ 89<br />
Primary Characterization Data ............................................................................................................ 90<br />
Monona Official Series Description ..................................................................................................... 95<br />
Site 2c- South Exposure (Entisols and Inceptisols) ................................................................... 100<br />
Web Soil Survey - Soil Map – Hitchcock Nature Center .............................................................. 101<br />
Stop 3 – Sarpy County Landfill ................................................................................................. 104<br />
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